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The unlocked LG C900 Quantam has received a fair amount of attention from the mobile community for being one of the first top of the line phones to use the Windows Phone OS 7 technology that many think will put Microsoft in the thick of the mobile industry in the coming years. The phone is one of the most solid devices for this operating system, and there are numerous reasons why it has continued to garner attention.

The ability to record HD 720p quality fit is a crowd-drawer. The Quantam allows you to easily share these videos with your friends or through your social networking accounts. Although the phone is only equipped with a 5 mega-pixel camera, it does have zoom and auto-focus support that allow you to take high quality pictures.

Its 1 GHz processor is more than enough to deal with all of the web browsing, app downloading and OS surfing that you will do, and the phone rarely shows any signs of lag. For those of us with XBox Live, the integration features that allow you to check your scores and gamer points are interesting, and fun to play around with.

The Microsoft Office suite also comes included with the phone. Among the programs that are int he package are Word, Excel, PowerPoint and a calender application. This will help you to stay organized and will also allow you to work on last minute presentations when you are in a rush. It is a surprise that they have not marketed the LG C900 Quantam of more of a business phone.

Overall, the LG C900 Quantam unlocked is solid, and is among the most highly regarded Windows Phone 7 Phones to don the highly anticipated operating system. It should be a solid competitor for other similarly priced phones, and is comfortable to hold and easily fits in most pockets.

The Unlocked LG C900 Quantam is a phone that has received a lot of attention since it was first announced. Its feature list is long, and the fact that it runs on the brand new Windows Phone OS 7 makes it all that much more appealing. The phone comes with a full QWERTY keyboard which makes it easy for you to communicate and social network, but also comes with a touchscreen and the ability to slide the keyboard up into the phone.

One of the biggest draws is that the phone allows you to record 720p HD video and share it directly with your friends. Available for AT&T, the LG C900 Quantam features a Qualcomm 1 GHz processor, allowing it to easily navigate through the operating system and all of the apps smoothly. At just over 6 ounces in weight, the phone is a little bit heavier than some of its competitors, but should still be pocket-able in most situations.

The touchscreen is very responsive, and is large enough that it is easy to use. The phone comes complete with Microsoft Office, which will help to keep you productive even when you are playing around on your phone and will also provide users with a 5 MP camera that has zoom and flash features to help you capture the highest quality of photos throughout your day.

Overall, it is a solid phone with no real drawbacks. All of its specs are high-end enough to make it a competitor of some of the more popular smart devices available today, but the verdict stills seems to be out on the Windows Phone 7 operating system, so it will be interesting to see how willing consumers are to adapt to that. Regardless, the LG C900 unlocked handset is a great smart device that is easy to use and will provide you with everything that you are looking for in your smart device.

Google released some interesting figures today regarding the percentage of their users, and what version of their Android operating system that they are currently running. Stunningly, the information states that 83% of their users are currently running Android 2.2 or better, suggesting that Unlocked Motorola Milestone Android users are very likely to keep up on their updates, much more so than other platforms have previously reported.

Along with the 83% of the users that are currently running 2.1 or better, most of their users are actually running the newest version of the software, version 2.2, which 43% of their users are running. Most mobile operating systems are not able to garner anywhere close to this number of users running the latest version of the software, especially when the updates require that the cell phone companies release their own updates for their devices. The 2.2 update was in high demand when it was first released and has received quick attention from a number of different carriers and phone developers.

This makes it easier for Google to release updates for the their operating system, especially since they do not have to worry about huge upgrades for users that are still running on older versions of their operating system. Currently more than 10% of their user base is running Android 1.6 and 6% of their user base is currently running Android 1.5.

The numbers are fairly surprising overall. The nature of the market will always ensure that 100% of users are not running updated software, but a total of 83% using the last two versions of Android shows that users know how to upgrade their devices and are interested in the features that have been made available by Google through recent updates.

The Acer beTouch is a phone that has garnered a lot of attention from a number of different websites in recent days. Although the phone does not boast the most high-powered features in the smart phone industry, it’s low price and simplicity of its features have made the device highly attractive to users who want all the functionality of a smart device without having to deal with the high prices, large size of the phones and complicated features.

The Acer beTouch will feature a 600 MHz processor that is capable of running most of the apps that will be available for the phone through the Android store. It will also feature a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen, which is much smaller than most android smart phones, along with a 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1 capabilities, Wifi enabled and HSDPA connections.

This unlocked cell phone will reportedly start at just $264, significantly cheaper than most other smart phones. The Acer beTouch is a phone that is ideal for individuals who are just making the leap into smart devices, or for individuals that are looking for a smaller device. The phone was purposely designed for individuals on a budget who simply can not live without a smart device.

aThere have been no announcements as to whether or not the phone will be available in United States. Most reports have stated that the phone is nearing completion and is nearly ready for a release in the United States, so much so that experts have predicted that Acer could make an announcement regarding the release date of the phone over the course of the next few days. the Acer beTouch E130 was shown off at Computex 2010, where it was announced that the phone will run on the Android Froyo platform. It will be interesting to see how well the phone is received by the budgeting segment of the smart device market.

Many new smart devices are finding that when they partner with Facebook and provide features that other phones do not for the social networking platform, their chances of success rise quite significantly. Now, the Skyfire 3.0 app for Android is going to be adding a number of Facebook features to their browser that will increase compatibility with the device.

Skyfire is known for being the web browser that allows unlocked iPhone 4 users to play flash content online even though Apple has not officially supported flash because they claim that it will make their phones vulnerable to attacks. Skyfire works by converting the flash videos into other types of videos that are more suitable for a plethora of different devices, and the fact that they are adding Facebook integration will only help the browser to grow.

In the same way that Digg and other social bookmarking sites work, Skyfire will allow users to check out the most popular content that has been bookmarked to Facebook through their browser. They have also added the “Fireplace” which gives you all of the news feeds and links, videos, and images that your friends have posted. You also can access a number of different Facebook pages, including your profile with a single click of a button.

This is good news for Skyfire users who have been hearing rumors regarding Facebook support for weeks now. With nearly the entire world on the social networking service it is smart to add integration on devices, apps, websites and everything in between. This is a move that will not only benefit thegrowth of the app, but the users who use it as well. It will be interesting to see how well the new features are received by their current users because it will take away from the browser screen and will add a number of different buttons to the browser itself, drastically changing the interface.

According to a leading unlocked cell phone blog, the released of LG enV Pro may actually not be cancelled. Instead, the delay of this possible new phone is probably just delayed. Many people will be relieved to hear this news because many people speculated that it would just be cancelled completely. The LG enV Pro, in case you already did not know, is the latest incarnation of LGs line of dual-screen clamshells for Verizon. It would be the first with Android, if it does in fact get released at some point.

Rumors have it that this phone may actually get released sometime in January, but we all know how rumors are. If they are right, then several people will be happy to get their hands on this. This phone will also already have Android 2.2 installed, so that is some more good news. Several people speculate if the delay to get this phone released was to give LG the time it needs to toss Éclair and get the Froyo built. This definitely seems to be the case to me, but you would think that they would make it more known that it was not cancelled, especially since many people were worried and thought that was the case. You would think that they would put out some type of statement saying that there would just be a short delay for the phone being released than letting people worry and make such speculations. You just never know what some companies are thinking.

In a couple months, people should be expecting to see these new phones in stores. I am sure more information will be released in the coming weeks, so you should make sure to be on the look-out for that. From there, you should be able to make a decision on if the phone is worth it.

Some users have worried aloud whether or not the Unlocked Sony Ericsson Aspen Windows Phone 7 marketplace will have enough apps available to satisfy the app-craving users of smart mobile devices. It now appears that this question has been answered, and the developer community is getting behind the Windows Phone 7 project. Today, the company announced that they already have more than 2,000 apps that will be available in the marketplace. Initial worries about developer support seem to have fallen by the wayside as the interest in developing applications for the platform has skyrocketed in recent months.

The announcement came on The Windows Phone Developer Blog, a blog that is geared toward increasing interest in developing for the platform. News that the marketplace has already been populated with 2,000 apps is a big sign that the marketplace will continue to grow quickly as developers attempt to expand the number of platforms that their apps are available on.

The 2,000 mark is double what the company was hoping to have secured at this point. The Marketplace is currently open for developers to submit applications to. Currently there are a total of 13,000 registered developers for Windows Phone 7, which first launched on Monday. Users that have already purchased their Windows Phone 7 devices should be elated to hear this news because it means that they can expect more apps to be rapidly added to the marketplace in the coming weeks as Microsoft attempts to sift through the submissions.

Success of the Windows Phone 7 platform will depend heavily on the ability of the company to garner interest in developing for it, and this announcement seems to suggest that Microsoft has been doing a good job of that. It will be interesting to watch the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace grow in the coming months as more devices are released for the platform.

Android 2.1 is finally being offered for the Motorola Cliq. The version of the popular operating system that is just now finally being offered for the phone first was released on January 5th of this year. At the time, Motorola said that the upgrade would be offered for the phone at some point, but did not give a timeline for when they were going to roll it out. At the time, it seemed as if many users were expecting the upgrade in a fairly timely fashion. A number of other unlocked cell phones quickly offered the upgrade including the Google Nexus One, a comparable phone that did not receive the upgrade until the 11th of January.

Nearly an entire year later, the Motorola Cliq will finally be receiving the upgrade that users have been expecting. It is strange that it took them so long to roll out the upgrade for the Cliq. The logical explanation is that Motorola’s focus has shifted so far away from the dated phone that they were just never willing to dedicate the man power to ensuring that the upgrade was offered in a timely fashion.

It is not clear what exactly prompted them to offer the upgrade at this time. Perhaps it is the fact that they promised the upgrade to their users nearly a year ago? Would allowing users to pay for updates force the company to get these key operating system updates out to their customers is a feasible amount of time? At this time there really seems to be no clear answers, but the time it took for Motorola to offer the upgrade to 2.1 for the Cliq is a prime example of the neglect that older smart phones receive when technology has passed them by. Hopefully the company will be more prompt with their updates and upgrades in future phones, even when outdated.

The CEO and founder of Forrester research, George Colony recent said in a blog post that he thought that the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, was a “one trick pony” and that he thought that he was overrated in Silicon Valley. Colony claimed that the statement was made because Zuckerberg has been unwilling to change Facebook’s looks and functionality throughout the its history. It is true that Zuckerberg has been reluctant to make huge, sweeping changes in his interface, but with good reason; every time Facebook changes its layout and functionality a large portion of the user base complains about the changes through their status updates.

Throughout his blog post, Colony continues to take shots at Zuckerberg, claiming that he has the “raw material to be a great CEO,” but went on to say that Zuckerberg must first demonstrate that he can turn Facebook into the revenue generating machine that many feel that it should be. Facebook did not post a profitable quarter until several years after it was created, after the site implemented its current advertising system.

Colony seems to think that Zuckerberg should be willing to go out on a limb with his 500 million person user base and explore different ways of monetizing the site. Of course, this can be tricky, as we saw with MySpace where ads and functionality issues seemingly ran many of the users off of the site. Colony might be jumping the gun a bit with this blog post. Other revered CEO’s, such as Steve Jobs, had over a decade to prove how worthy they were to their companies and went on to develop some of the most game-changing ideas in the technology space.

It is strange that Colony would choose to criticize Zuckerberg so publicly, and seemingly toot his own horn. What is the point that Colony was attempting to make, and does he expect it to be well received by the younger generation in the tech community?

Many people expect it to be a long time before the many arguments between Apple iphone4 unlocked and Nokia over intellectual property ever get fully solved. However, Espoo got an early ally in the form of the US International Trade Commission. They said that early in this trial that “the evidence will not establish a violation” on Nokia’s part. The USITC also went on to say that portions of some patients were invalid and others were really not infringed at all. Several people know that the judge in this case between Apple and Nokia will most likely not make the decision on this case for another few months. Most figure that it will probably not be decided until February or even later than that. The judge also is not obligated for obvious reasons to take the US International Trade Commission’s side of the story.

Also, the USITC comments were only directed at four of the several patents that Apple has against Nokia in a variety of cases. Not only does Apple have beef against Nokia, but they are also wielding charges against HTC and Motorola. Pretty rough, right? If this is true that the USITC only is taking the side of Nokia on four of the patents, and there are actually a lot more than four patents against Nokia, then we can assume that this case will run on for a very long time. As mentioned above, many people expected that this case would already run on for a long time; February was the estimation, but with there being so many different patents against Nokia, I guess we will never really know. This could drag on for a lot longer than February in my opinion; it all depends on how long they want this to last. We will keep you updated on the situation.